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1.
Sensity’s Smart
Lights – As many of you know, one of my best friends
and mentor was Jack Briody
CEO/President of Advance, God rest his soul. After every Lightfair show he would ask us,
“what is the one thing that impressed you most at Lightfair?” Think about
it. A great way to get everyone thinking
about this as we tried to absorb the plethora of information presented at the most
innovative lighting show in America. I even use this today when I see my
grandkids…."what’s the one thing in class you learned today?"
Anyway, this year for me it was
Sensity Systems because it was more than just LED lighting…
Many companies and communities are upgrading their lighting to save
energy. A Silicon Valley startup company, Sensity, www.sensity.com thinks they should also install
arrays of sensor devices, for purposes such as improving safety, tracking
retail traffic and even finding parking spots. Changing its name from Xeralux Inc. to Sensity Systems Inc. in order to
reflect plans to offer light fixtures equipped with processors, sensors and
wireless networking. The light system can provide video
surveillance, weather data, traffic monitoring, parking information; carbon
monoxide levels, or it can be programmed to recognize the sound of breaking
glass, gun shots or even screams. And all the data will be uploaded to the
cloud where it can be stored and endlessly crunched for trend-spotting. Its
fixtures can be equipped to monitor ambient light, temperature, humidity,
motion and other phenomena. Lampposts will have nodes in a smart
network that not only illuminate spaces but visually monitor them, sense heat
and communicate with other nodes and human monitors. In addition to such
functions—which could raise privacy concerns, though perhaps less so after
the Boston Marathon bombings—the new LED systems could sharply cut the cost
of street lighting. The data could be sold to app developers who could create,
say, an app to help find parking spots. Leading the company's shift is Hugh
Martin, its chairman and chief executive and a veteran of companies such
as Apple Inc. AAPL +1.52% and
videogame maker 3DO Co. The idea, says Hugh Martin, is “wherever
there’s a light, there’s data being generated.”
Times, they are a changin! 4/17 WSJ, 4/18 San Jose Mercury News and 4/25
NY Times
2.
DOE
Publishes LED Lighting Facts® Snapshot Report on Indoor Ambient
Lighting - The U.S. Department of Energy's LED Lighting Facts®
program has released a Snapshot Report on indoor ambient lighting, which
utilizes the program's extensive database of more than 7,000 products to help
industry stakeholders understand the current state and trajectory of the market
for LED downlights, troffers, and T8/T5/T12 lamps. For a copy of the full report, please visit: www.ssl.energy.gov/ledlightingfacts.html
3.
NEMA Publishes NEMA SSL 7A-2013 Phase Cut
Dimming for Solid State Lighting: Basic Compatibility - This standard provides compatibility
requirements when a forward phase cut dimmer is combined with one or more
dimmable LED Light Engines (LLEs). An LLE comprises one or more LED modules,
LED control gear (integral or remote), and a connection to the mains circuit.
This includes both screw-in integrated LED lamps, as well as fixtures which
contain separate LED drivers. NEMA SSL
7A-2013 is meant to reduce the testing burden by utilizing synthetic loads and
waveform generators to represent LLEs and dimmers during testing. http://www.nema.org Thanks to Ethan Biery, Design and Development Leader, Lutron
Electronics for the heads-up…
4.
State of the
Lighting Industry: 2013 by Precision-Paragon [P2] - This year, 68% of the survey takers said that they expect Linear
Fluorescent lighting to be the dominant lighting technology they install in
2013. This number might come as a surprise where LED lighting seems to get all
the news coverage. LED lighting has made advances in the past year, and that’s
reflected by our survey takers, 26% of which expect it to be the dominant light
source they install in 2013. However,
it’s also true that fluorescent lighting has made significant advances in the
past year. Just recently, major lamp manufacturers began to release lamps with
80,000 hour rated lives. For a lamp that operates 12 hours a day for 365 days a
year, that’s a rated lifespan of over 18-years. http://www.p-2.com/helpful-information/blog/437-state-of-the-lighting-industry-2013/
5. Leviton
Receives $1 Million Funding to Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
throughout New York - Utilizing the company’s Evr-Green™
Dual Port Level 2 Charging Stations, Leviton will help enable electric vehicle
charging at various workplaces throughout Upstate New York, New York City and
Long Island. The total $3.6
million project, with funding from the NYSERDA and the New York Power Authority
(NYPA), seeks to build a network of 3,000 public and workplace charging
stations across the state over the next five years. www.leviton.com/evrgreen
6. Digital
Lighting Management Is Smarter Than the Average Lighting Control System - An all-digital suite of
plug-together lighting controls, DLM automatically configures to the most
energy-efficient sequence of operation based on installed components. The
result is that DLM meets and exceeds energy code requirements, saves more
energy than conventional controls, and provides an unprecedented return on
investment for both new construction and retrofit projects. The new switches and occupancy sensors
available as part of WattStopper’s Digital Lighting Management (DLM) control
solution: Video: http://www.wattstopper.com/resources/multimedia-center.aspx http://www.wattstopper.com/products/digital-lighting-management.aspx#.UVsN1leU-cw
7. Energy Measures Save Green Bay Schools $10
Million - The Green Bay School District officials said using
energy-efficient light bulbs, turning off or dimming lights, maintaining
heating and cooling systems in good condition and avoiding heavy energy use
during peak times saved them about $10 million. Green Bay spends about
60 cents per square foot on energy in its high school buildings while many
other districts in the state spend more than $1 per square foot. 4/22 AP
